Disable and Remove Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications Nag Screen
The “Windows Genuine Advantage Notification” (KB905474) cannot be uninstalled by Add/Remove Program in Control Panel by default, contrary to the claim in the knowledge base article. To enable the removal of KB905474 WGA Notification tool, follow the below steps:
Note: It seems like it’s not possible to uninstall WGA Notifications from Add/Remove Program. Cobolhacker has details on why KB905474 cannot be uninstalled. Suggested steps to “uninstall” are search and delete all WgaTray.exe and WgaLogon.dll files in your boot drive (if you using search, check the “Search system folders”, “Search hidden files and folders” and “Search subfolders” checkboxes), delete all the register keys in the following tree: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\WgaLogon, and to remove the entry from Add/Remove Programs list, delete the registry key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WgaNotify. With uninstallation, WGA Notifications will try to install again next time.
- Click on Start.
- Click on Run.
- Type in regedit in the Run text box.
- Click OK or press Enter.
- In Registry Editor, browse the the following registry key branch:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WgaNotify - On the right panel, modify the value of NoRemove (by right clicking on the key and choose Modify) to 0.
- Exit the Registry Editor.
- Re-launch the Add/Remove Program, and Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications (KB905474) is now removable.
Prevention is always better than cure. So the best to avoid the the KB905474 Windows Genuine Advantage Notification application to be automatically downloaded and applied by Automatic Updates is to disable Automatic Updates. Go to Automatic Updates in Control Panel and disable it by selecting Turn off Automatic Updates, or if you still want to receive the critical patches from Microsoft, select Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them or Notify me but don’t automatically download or install them. Remember to uncheck (deselect) Windows Genuine Advantage Notification (KB905474) when prompted to install any updates.
If you have already install the WGA update, you can use the hacked/cracked version of LegitCheckControl.dll (newer version suggestion by tyler) to remove the annoying nagging message. (For old version) But Windows Update will still ask you to install it since it’s a newer version which is 1.5.526, unless there is newer version of cracked LegitCheckControl.dll available. You may however try to “up” the version of hacked LegitCheckControl.dll yourself by using the following method:
- Get the patched/hacked “LegitCheckControl.dll” from the internet (e.g from link above or any file sharing service)
- Install Resource Hacker if you still don’t.
- Open both (original in Windows/System32 and hacked version) “LegitCheckControl.dll” files with Resource Hacker.
Go to “Version Info”, replace the version info of the patched File with the version information from new original LegitCheckControl.dll.1 VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION 1,5,526,0
PRODUCTVERSION 1,5,526,0
FILEOS 0×4
FILETYPE 0×1
{
BLOCK “StringFileInfo”
{
BLOCK “040904B0″
{
VALUE “CompanyName”, “Microsoft Corp.”
VALUE “FileDescription”, “Windows Genuine Advantage Validation”
VALUE “InternalName”, “LegitCheckControl”
VALUE “LegalCopyright”, “Copyright © 1995-2004 Microsoft Corp.”
VALUE “LegalTrademarks”, “Microsoft® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.”
VALUE “OriginalFilename”, “LegitCheckControl.dll”
VALUE “ProductName”, “Microsoft® CoReXT”
VALUE “FileVersion”, “1.5.0526.0?
VALUE “ProductVersion”, “1.5.0526.0″
VALUE “PrivateBuild”, “Built by gacald on WGA-FILE-SVR.”
}
}BLOCK “VarFileInfo”
{
VALUE “Translation”, 0×0409 0×04B0
}
} - Save File.
- Put the modified version of hacked LegitCheckControl.dll in Windows/System32 folder, replacing the original from Microsoft.
Beside, WGA Notifications tool is also reported to be able to be bypassed by emptying (deleting the contents of) the data.dat in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Windows Genuine Advantage\data as detailed here.
If you disable Automatic Updates, you can always download any updates from Windows Update or Microsoft Update using the hacks and tips from here and here. If you are prompted to mandatory must install KB905474, the above tricks should disable the checking of existence of KB905474 notification application. Again, remember to deselect the Windows Genuine Advantage Notification (KB905474) which will listed in High Priority section and selected for you by default.
Note: Visit the a more tidy article on how to bypass and disable the WGA with various tricks and hacks or a host redirect method to make Windows genuine permanently.
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June 24th, 2007 18:45
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June 24th, 2007 09:56
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June 22nd, 2007 15:56
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June 19th, 2007 12:23
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June 11th, 2007 22:16
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June 11th, 2007 22:04
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June 8th, 2007 03:32
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June 2nd, 2007 19:29
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June 1st, 2007 03:02
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May 16th, 2007 19:59
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May 16th, 2007 16:09
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May 12th, 2007 05:55
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May 10th, 2007 09:04
thank u dinzao i did it.burn in hell microsoft
May 6th, 2007 20:11
Dude, I tried the first method, but it didn’t work out, but I could get rid of the shit by just opening the system32 folder, locating the file WgaLogon.dll, then properties and I changed WgaLogon.dll to WgaLogon.old. No more of this shit on my computer. I hope I could help you
May 5th, 2007 00:27
After this, what about downloading updates? How is this affected?
May 4th, 2007 19:06
Thanks for the tip. I works great!!!
May 4th, 2007 11:27
i tried everything and it did not work
May 3rd, 2007 10:33
burn in hell windows…you just meet your maker
May 1st, 2007 17:29
I just want to thank you for giving a step by step on how to get rid of this. its so nice not seeing that big message in your face, and getting that pop up every 30 mins
April 29th, 2007 20:33
I did it…
Fuck you Microsoft
April 20th, 2007 20:13
There is an easier way to deal with this popup.
1. Download Folder Lock
2. Install it
3. Lock the C:\WINDOWS\system32\WgaLogon.dll
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WgaTray.exe
Enjoy your day!
April 18th, 2007 20:38
Hi;
How I can to Remove Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications 1.5.540.0
Thank you & best Regards
April 12th, 2007 02:27
my father in law was given a computer by one of his sons. from a licenced dealer of microsoft’s products. (go figure) that they downloaded this program onto his computer and it tells him he has a pirated copy of xp. shocking that they would say that….. anyway i found a site that has an auto-program to remove this little annoyance if you care to look into it to more easily help our fellow internet junkies.
http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Windows-Genuine-Advantage-Notifications
April 11th, 2007 23:43
The simplest way of disabling this feature is to disable automatic updates.
April 10th, 2007 11:24
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